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A. SANTACROCE SOLE.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 3091MB.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919;

Attomey UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AGOSTINO SLNTAOBOCE, OI ELYRIA, OHIO, LSSIGN'OB O F THREE-I'm TO JOHN G-BUMIBOS AND THREE-THEMES T SPYRO BADARIS, BOTH OF ELYBIA, OHIO.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

SOLE.

1,313,119. Specification of Letters Patent.

- Application filed Kovember 30. 1918. Serial No. 264,783.

To all 'wlllam it may concern Be it kndwn that I, Aoos'rmo Snnrapnocn, a subject of the King of Italy, residinsg at Elyria, in the .county of Lorain and Late of Ohio, have invented new and useful Im provements in Soles, of which the following is a. s ification.

This invention relates to a novel construction of sole made of rubber or like material, and the principal object of the invention is to so construct the sole that its attachment to the shoe is facilitated and its edges will tend to lie in close contact with the shoe while being secured thereto.

Another object of the invention is to make the upper faceof the sole of concave formotion, so that a suction action will be set up when the sole is pressed onto the sole of the shoe.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to he hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like ,or correspondin parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a. face view of a. sole constructed in accordance with my invention.

A Fig. 2 is an edge view of the sole.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section thereof.

Fig. 4 shows the sole attached to a shoe.

As shown in these views, the sole, indicated by reference character-1, is made of e solid piece of material, preferably rubber. Of course, it will be understood that the sole may be made of la ers of material suitably secured together. e sole is made of the well known shev to fit the sole of a shoe. After it is ettac ed to the shoe the edges They be trimmed to the size of the shoe. The sole is made of concavo-oonvex shape with its outer edges 2 of its upper face lying in the same plane so that when the sole is placed on the sole 3 of the shoe 4 said edges will contact at every point with the sole of the shoe. The rear part 5 of the sole is inclined, as is usual, to lit the instep of the shoe. I bevel this part as shown at 6., It will,'of course be understood that the edge of this rear part follows substantially the cross Sectional shape of the upper face of the sole and is no; in the same plane with the outer edges of the sides and the toe portion of the sole.

In applying the sole to a shoe the center part of the sole is secured to the sole of the shoe by means of a peg or the like. This will press the center inwardly so that the edges of the upper face of the shoe will firmly engage the edges of the shoe sole and thus it will \be a simple matter to secure said edges to the shoe, either by sewing or pegg'ni. This tendency of the edges of the rule or sole to grip the edges of the shoe sole will prevent the said rubber solo from buckling between the pegs as is now the case.

Thus the attachment of the sole to the shoe is greatly facilitated and the tendency of the edges of the sole is to remain in firm contact with the shoe at all times, and this fact renders the use of cement unnecessary.

Vlhat I claim is: y

A new article of manufacture comprising a rubber sole of co'ncavo-convex shape with its upper side edges in the same plane and having its rear part projecting upwardly on an incline with its bottom face beveled to prevent a mass of material being disposed atlthe instep of the shoe when the sole is applied thereto.

In testimon whereof I aifix my signature. A OSTINO SANTACROCE. 

